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Amélie
Amélie (, , ) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of Amélie Poulain, played by Audrey Tautou, a shy and quirky waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while dealing with her own isolation. The film features an ensemble cast of supporting roles, including Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty
The Truman Show
1998 film directed by Peter Weir
Deadpool
2016 film directed by Tim Miller
Barbie
2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis
Deadpool 2
2018 film directed by David Leitch
Rango
2011 American animated film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 film directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 Marvel Studios film by Shawn Levy
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 film directed by Joe Dante
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 film directed by Lana Wachowski
The Lego Batman Movie
2017 animated film directed by Chris McKay
Adaptation
2002 film directed by Spike Jonze
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, with the supporting cast including Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appe
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021 film directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Last Action Hero
1993 film directed by John McTiernan
Pixels
2015 film directed by Chris Columbus
Free Guy
2021 film directed by Shawn Levy
Blazing Saddles
1974 film directed by Mel Brooks
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017 animated film directed by Charlie Bean
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 film directed by Terry Jones
New York, New York
1977 American musical-drama film directed by Martin Scorsese
The NeverEnding Story
1984 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Galaxy Quest
1999 science-fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot
The Dark Tower
novel series by Stephen King
In the Mouth of Madness
1994 film directed by John Carpenter
Stranger than Fiction
2006 film by Marc Forster
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 slasher film
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018 film directed by Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath
Seven Psychopaths
2012 film by Martin McDonagh
Seed of Chucky
2004 film directed by Don Mancini
Millennium Actress
2001 Japanese anime film directed by Satoshi Kon
The Lost City
2022 film directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee
Bewitched
2005 film directed by Nora Ephron
Garfield Gets Real
2007 film by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022 film directed by Akiva Schaffer
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023 short film by Wes Anderson
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022 film directed by Tom Gormican
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 film
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000 film by John Ottman
Existenz
Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000 film by Joe Berlingeri
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1990 film by Tom Stoppard
Anaconda (2025 film)
Anaconda is a 2025 American action-adventure comedy horror film that serves as a meta-reboot of Anaconda (1997) and is the seventh installment in the Anaconda film series. The film was directed by Tom Gormican, who co-wrote it with Kevin Etten, and stars Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior and Selton Mello. The story follows a group of childhood friends trying to remake the 1997 film, only to be attacked by a giant and murderous anaconda.
Once Upon a Studio
2023 short film directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy
Nyarlathotep
Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers, to the point of often being considered the main antagonist of the Cthulhu Mythos as a whole. He is presented as the messenger of Azathoth. He is later described by other authors as being part of the Other Gods, an alien pantheon.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024 film directed by Carlos Saldanha
Orlando
1992 film by Sally Potter
Jem and the Holograms
2015 film by Jon M. Chu
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow is a short story collection by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The British first edition was published by Chatto & Windus in 1895.
Leaf by Niggle
1945 short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
Orgazmo
Orgazmo is a 1997 American superhero sex comedy film written, directed and edited by Trey Parker and produced by Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, and Fran Rubel Kuzui. It stars Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne, and Michael Dean Jacobs. The plot follows Joe Young (Trey Parker), a devout Mormon missionary who, to pay for his and his fiancée's dream wedding and home, acts in a pornographic film as the superhero Orgazmo with his side-kick Choda Boy (Dian Bachar).
Garfield's Fun Fest
2008 animated film directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Garfield's Pet Force
2009 CGI film directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
Amityville: The Awakening
2017 film directed by Franck Khalfoun
The Human Centipede 3
2015 body horror film directed by Tom Six
The Exorcism
2024 American supernatural horror film by Joshua John Miller
Lux Æterna
2019 film directed by Gaspar Noé
Soapdish
Soapdish is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. The film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman, and executive produced by Herbert Ross.
The Amazing Maurice
2023 computer-animated fantasy-comedy film